English

ranchhand

From ranch + hand.

A compound of ranch + hand

Spanish rancho ‘small farm, group of farm huts’

English ranch

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Today it means

noun A manual laborer on a ranch, often working under a foreman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ranchhand